FAMILY TRADITIONS LIVE ON AT GRANDFATHER'S HOMESTEAD

  When the birth of one of her seven children was imminent, my mother, Martha, always traveled by train from Posen to Alpena (a 25-mile trip) to stay with her sister, Minnie Summerfield, who was a midwife. After a year of attending Alpena County Normal and summer classes at Central Michigan Universi...

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Published inDetroit Free Press
Main Author FLORENCE MILLER WERNER
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Detroit, Mich Gannett Co., Inc 18.10.2001
Subjects
Families & family life
Rural schools
Secondary schools
United States > US
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Summary:  When the birth of one of her seven children was imminent, my mother, Martha, always traveled by train from Posen to Alpena (a 25-mile trip) to stay with her sister, Minnie Summerfield, who was a midwife. After a year of attending Alpena County Normal and summer classes at Central Michigan University, I taught a few years at Rock Valley and a neighboring rural school.